The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-15

tnlng Tor your
Rather abashGl, the poor woman re-
piled; ! want TO Nee the President,
AT this Jactsdh again raised his hat,
and said; ] am he, and ! am glad to know
you; And IN that fine boy your babyf Let
me have him.
THE woman handed the dirty-iaced in.
liant to Old Hickory. Jackson took 1t, and
held it up befofe him.
"'Ahl There is q fine specimen OF
American childhood. ! think, madam,
your boy will make fine man some day.
Then, witha quick gesture, he put the
dirty lace OF the infant close to the lace OF
Secretary Eatp, saying quickly and sober
ly, Eaton, kiss hbnr
Gen. Eaton p&tcnded to do so with a
wry face, amid the laughter OF the crowd,
and jackson then handed the baby back
to the happy mother
Judge Boteler once told this story to
President Hayes, and he protited by, It.
There Is no reason why Secretaries WHIT
ney, Fairchild and Endicott should not
render the same assistance TO PRESIDENT
Cleveland.
President Jackson received n grand ova-
ton in New York and at Newport, Con-
cord, Providence and Boston there were
grand demonstration in his honor. AT
Boston, Harvard college made him an
LID. One Of the seniors addressed him
with a speech OF welcome in Latin. lie
might" rs the late Judge David Davis
once said, 'as well have talked to him in
Choctaw ON the subject Of raising hens,
Tor the whole was uninlelligiblc TO Old
Hickory"
The tour, though successful in winning
friends Tor the President, was full of acct
dents. In New York, the bridge thatcon-
nected Castle Garden with the Battery
gave way with the weight Of the crowd
upon II just M the President had landed
on the other side, and precipitated the
spectators into the water. No one was
hurt, though Maj Jack Downing says Coy.
Marcy tore his pantaloOns and Gov. Lewis
Cas- lost his wig. Again, according TO
Parton, who is my chief mutN ority relative
TO Jackson's tours, the generals horse took
fright while going up Broadway, and on
another occasion the wadding Of q cannon
came within Il few inches OF singing the
generals bristling head Of frosted hair.
There was the same unfortunate experience
In Boston, where, hy O~yer-cXcrtion, he was
taken with an attack Of bleeding at the
lungs, The carpets ON the hotel floors
WIN hVNbi'h, lHt hllfflN uubrlit N'it
covered with tan, and the s~trictest silence
was kept while he WAS confined 10 his
room. After u few da y hc became better,
and at once set cut Ia return to Washing
ton.
II was earlier in this same year that he
made the trip To fredericksburg, Va, TO
attend the laying u the cornerstone Of the
monument 10 WashingtOn's mother and
~ una ul AlnNunlptu luNinV that trim
while the boat was Whiting, that Lieut..
Randolph, n dismissed officer Of the navy,
rushed in and attempted 10 pull the Presi-
dents nose. jackson was reading a news
paper. lie did not know Randolph; and
when he saw, Randolph standing before
him pulling IL his glove, he supposed that
the lieutenant desired 10 shake hands with
him, aud said politely, "Ncver mind your
glove, sir" Al IBIS Randolph thrust his
hand yiolcntlvl in Vic Presidents face, AMI
his friends always claimed that he sue
cccdcd in pulling Iackson's nose. These
friends rushed In, however, and carried
him away before he could be arrested, and
thus he effected his escape. Jackson was
very angry, but lac would not allow otheR
Ia ayengc him. aud Randolph, was, |
think, never prosecuted for the assault.
The tour Of John Tyler 10 Boston did
not call on, grtat demonstrations, and the
lack u enthusiasm ut baltimore and Phila-
dclphia was painfully expressive.
Andrew Jul,nson's Swing around the
circle" in which lac disgaccd the name
Of rrddhnt by his abusive and often yul.
gar speeches dcnouncing his enemies in
Congress, did his cause incalculahle harm,
and addul Ia the biltemcssof the impench.
mcnt trial that came later. The trip was
nominally taken to attend the laying oithe
cornerstone III q monument Ia Stephen A.
Douglas IN Chicago hut In reality Il WIS q
political tour, and the President used II a.
such. II was rdiculed by the press,
laughed ut 10y the people, aud formed the
theme for many witty rhymes by the news.
paper poets. One of the poems, published
In the Washington Chronicle, the editor OF
which, Col. John W. Forney, President
johnson had characterized in a speech M
a dead duck, T" was entitled .'Andy's Pill.
grinage,' and began IA follows
"oh, ANDY John. my 10 John,
To saVe your sinking ship,
You've started on n pilgrimage,
Al elecuonccflng trip.
will not save your hscnn. John,
The gales ar not Vrppitiuug
The proplc Ap the ludgcs, John,
Thcy NY II amt iudiClous."
"Oh. Andy John. my 10 John.
To lay a corner stonc,
OR ths gmyc q + A Douglas, John.
You left your huu-r aud home,
To mako n ryinf trip, John,
You'll nud u all W vain.
You mn not cheat the people. John,
In your fri fall camTaign.' etc,
The Swing around the circle" was
made during the latter part ~ August and
the tint part Of September, 1896. II com.
priscd about thrrc weeks, and the Pnrsi.
dent stopped nj Baltimore. Philadelphia,
/ Albany, Cleveland, Dciruit, and other
places, ON his way 10 Chicago, and made
speeches. These speeches were full Of
Boosting, aud an extract from the speech
nj Detroit, m rportcd In the papers Of the
day, rads ~ follows
~ am not afraid Ia talk 90 the American
people, and all the little fellows they nut
into crowds to call out c~aichworls with a
Wow Of grating d~ispsrpct-I care not for
them. The whole kennel has been turned
loose upon me long since; their little dogs,
Tmy and blanche and S~wccihcar-all
have been let lOose, yclping at my heels
for the last eight months. The
whole pack Of slandcrcr and cal.
umniators had better get out
Of the way" And then. after ~dcnouncing
Congnss ~ q sct oi usurpcn aud tymnts'
ho closed with this defiance II trust IN
you uhc pcoplcl, and, trusting In You, |
say let the whole Congress rome. RELYING
on You, | will Lcct them single handed
cxclaim:
Come one. come all hi furk hall fly
fpm IT. dfp has a. soou a. u"
Speeches oi lho samc character were
made ON the rtnn trip, which was via
indianapolis, lduirN Tile, Cincinnati. liar.
risbuw and baltimore. When near phila.